Unit3 ReadingUnit3 ReadingAidsAids

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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a group of diseases

that make you sick

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A survey about aids

 1、 Only Africans get AIDS. true false

 2、 People who have not injected drugs do not need to get tested for HIV. true false

3、 If I had HIV, I would know because I would feel sick. true false

 4、 Donating blood will get AIDS. true false

 5、 People who have HIV look different from everyone else. true false

 6、 It is safe to be friends with people who are living with HIV/AIDS. true false

 7、 If unfortunately you are infected with Aids, will you tell it to others? A. I will tell everybody I know. B.I will only tell my parents. C. I will only tell my good friends. D.I will tell nobody.

 8、 If your neighbor is infected with Aids, what will you do? A. Often go and look after him. B. Move to other places. C. Continue my normal life. D. Try to avoid having any contact with him.

Unit3 ReadingUnit3 ReadingAidsAids todaytoday

艾滋病的现状

predict

Fast-reading

Find out the figures in the article and circle them, then find detailed information about these figures in 4 minutes.

figures the number of

About 14,000

>60 million

>4 million

>14 million

650,000

75,000

>68 million

people ____________with Aids ________

people _______with Aids_________________

children _______by Aids

children _______________of Aids

___________in China__________in China

people ________________Aids between 2000 and 2020

How do you

How do you

feel ?feel ?

being infecteddaily

infected sincethe 1980s

killed

whose parents die

HIV carriersAids patients

who will die of

1.Who is the main character in the article?

2. What happened to him?

Ajani

His parents all died of Aids.

Read paragraph 1 with the following questions.

Read the paragraph 2 and find out how the first two paragraphs link together.

Para 1 ends with the sentence “Ajani and his sister lost their father to AIDs two years

ago……the same disease”

It introduces the topic of the Para 2 “AIDs is caused by a virus called HIV……

Read the paragraph 3 and find out how the paragraph 2 and 3 link together.

1. Infected people have no outward symptoms. (L 10 para2)

One of the first symptoms that ...

(L12para3)

Reading strategy

Reading strategy

LinksLinksWhen reading a text, one should be able to follow the thoughts of the author from one paragraph to the next.

Sometimes, the last sentence of a paragraph introduces the topic of the next paragraph.

According to the reading strategy, can you find more links from paragraph 5 to paragraph 6.

All of this makes it clear that something must be done to stop this deadly disease. (L 35 para 5)

China has also been affected by the Aids…providing free drugs for Aids patients…(L37 para 6)

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

To lead in the topic about Aids by an example.

To analyze the serious situation of AIDS

The measures against AIDS

(Para 1)

(Para 2-Para5)

(Para 6-Para 10)

Now divide the article into three parts Now divide the article into three parts according to the topic sentences.according to the topic sentences.

The analysisof Aids

Cause Be caused by a virus called HIV

It goes into a person’s blood, __________the body’s immune system

_________

HIV-positive people have a weakened immune system, which is _________ to fight illness.

Sometimes infected people have no outward symptoms

1

2

3

attacking

Symptoms

unable

Read the part two(para2-5) then finish the task-based reading.

________of transmission ___________sex

It’s the most common way, which ________ for 75 percent

Blood-to-blood ____________

Mainly caused by sharing syringes or using infected blood in transfusions.

Mother-to-child spread

So some __________women seek an abortion

5

6

7

8

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contact

infected

4Ways

Read the part three(para6-10) then finish the reading comprehension.

1. What did the Chinese government do in 2003? A. They opened labs to test and monitor the　 disease. B. They were working hard to control the Aids　　 epidemic. C. They fought against Aids bravely and actively. D. They began to supply free drugs to Aids patients who need them.

2. Who has helped China to fight Aids?　 A. The WHO. B. Dr. David Ho. C. Ajani. D. The USA.

3. What is UNAIDS?A. An organization set up by some African

　　 countries.B. An organization to help the poor.C. An organization within the UN.D. An organization to assist the African.

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help to China

the United Nations

Ajani

regional regional

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• The purpose of writing the article is _____.

• A. to tell a story about an African child

• B. to introduce HIV and AIDS

• C. to tell people how serious AIDS is

• D. to call on people to fight against AIDS.★

An ambassador or a volunteer

There are many people who are concerned

about AIDS patients.

. . .

You or me

2. If you were Ajani who has already grown up and now you are a doctor, what would you do for Aids or Aids patients?

1.If you were one of ambassadors , what can you do on the World Aids Day (December 1st)?

Key words

educate, support, treat, set up… shoeducate, support, treat, set up… show…to… , devote…to…, protect…frow…to… , devote…to…, protect…from… appeal to sb for …, have a … attim… appeal to sb for …, have a … attitude towards…, shouldn’t cut …off tude towards…, shouldn’t cut …off be concerned about , be concerned about , shouldn’t look down upon, shouldn’t look down upon, carry out research on, …… carry out research on, ……

★We should take a positive attitude towards those people living with

HIV/AIDS and show love and care to

them.We shouldn’t let the fear of AIDS cut us off from those who need

our love, care and support!

★We should not look down upon those living with HIV/AIDS, but help them fight

fear, shame, ignorance and

injustice.

Life is the most precious thing that nature gives us.

Cherish our lives.

Homework在网上有这样一则报道 , 一公司员工在体检中被检查出患有艾滋病 , 周围的人拒绝与他交往 . 不久 , 他被公司开除了 . 英语课上 , 老师让你班针对此事 , 以”如何正确对待艾滋病人”为论题 , 展开讨论结果如下 :

20% 的学生认为 不与他们交往 ; 建议政府限制他们的自由以防传染他人

80% 的学生认为 不用害怕 , 更不用看不起 ,排斥他们 ; 同情 , 关心并尽力帮助他们 , 使他们能够正常生活和工作 .

现请你写一篇词数 150 左右的英语短文 , 阐述讨论结果 ,并发表你的看法 , 然后向校报英文版投稿 .